POPRADO
PEATONAL, TURÍSTICO Y CULTURAL
PI.ORIENTE

[Illustration of the battle]

BATALLA DE LEPANTO
Un 7 de octubre de 1571, la flota de la Liga Santa, bajo las ordenes de Juan de Austria, derrato a las haves turees comandadas por el almirante Ali Baja. En la galera Marquese, una de las naves cristianas de la flota combinada española, Veneciate y pontificia. se hallaba embarcado como volenterio Miguel de Cervantes, alli lucho, enter mo de calentura y cayó herido por tres tiros de creabuz, dos de ellos en el pecho y un percero en la mano izquierda, resultado del cual perdió su uso. Ala batalle se retirio como las mas alte ocasión que vieron los stalos. Tras la reforma de la Plaza de Oriente en 1846, el consistorio dedico esta calle a ese victoria naval.

[EMVS del Ayuntamiento de Madrid]

One of the signs placed in Madrid as part of the "Prado Museum-Palacio de Oriente Tourist and Cultural Pedestrian Axis", a collaboration between the City of Madrid and the Ministry of Public Works. The project won the 2003 Europa Nostra Prize for Urban Planning for Heritage Conservation.

On the sign located on the street named after the Battle of Lepanto (1571), a naval battle between the Christian Holy League (Venice, Spain and the Papal States) and the Ottoman Empire, fought near the Greek city of Lepanto. The battle ended in the victory of the Christian Holy League, and the weakening of the Ottomans in the Mediterranean. Click for sign's details
The sign is mainly dedicated to the participation of the writer Miguel de Cervantes in the battle, in which he was wounded in the hand.

The place where the sign stands was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
PEDESTRIAN, TOURIST, AND CULTURAL STREET
PI.ORIENTE

[Illustration of the battle]

BATTLE OF LEPANTO

On October 7, 1571, the fleet of the Holy League, under the command of John of Austria, defeated the Holy Roman Empire commanded by Admiral Ali Baja. Miguel de Cervantes was embarked as a volunteer on the galley Marquese, one of the Christian ships of the combined Spanish, Venetian, and Papal fleet. He fought there, contracted fever, and was wounded by three scythe shots, two in the chest and one in the left hand, resulting in the loss of the use of his left hand. The battle was considered the greatest occasion the Stalos had ever seen. After the renovation of the Plaza de Oriente in 1846, the city council dedicated this street to that naval victory.

EMVS of the Madrid City Council. (Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid) - Municipal Housing and Land Company of Madrid